Burnley Cemetery War Memorial
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Burnley Cemetery War Memorial
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 20 Mar 2015
The War Memorial in Burnley Cemetery stands close to the Rossendale Road entrance. Created in 1924, it includes a screen wall which records the names of 174 servicemen buried in the cemetery between 1914 and 1924. The memorial also incorporates an Imperial War Graves Commission Cross of Sacrifice. The cemetery also contains 93 scattered burials of the Second World War. http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/burnleycemmemorialwall.htm WWI Cemeteries for details of the names.
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